from GLOW
Why me?
It’s natural to ask, “Why me?” when pain and trouble come into your life. It often seems so unfair. Why do some people’s lives seem so pain-free, while terrible things happen to others? In the same accident, some will walk away unhurt, while others lose their lives. Why? Why does God seemingly work a miracle for some—but not for others?
Totally satisfying answers to such questions don’t exist. We must remember, however, that in the end, the power of miracles—and the reasons for them—remain in God’s hands, and God’s alone. He sees the big picture, and He will make all things right. Says one Bible writer, “God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few” (Ecclesiastes 5:2).
Faced with such circumstances, we must trust that God knows the answers, even if we do not, and that we will not know until we can ask Him face to face in heaven. We can only believe that when all the accounts of life on this earth are settled—when we look back at this earth from the shores of heaven—we’ll be satisfied that “our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18).
Why me?
It’s natural to ask, “Why me?” when pain and trouble come into your life. It often seems so unfair. Why do some people’s lives seem so pain-free, while terrible things happen to others? In the same accident, some will walk away unhurt, while others lose their lives. Why? Why does God seemingly work a miracle for some—but not for others?
Totally satisfying answers to such questions don’t exist. We must remember, however, that in the end, the power of miracles—and the reasons for them—remain in God’s hands, and God’s alone. He sees the big picture, and He will make all things right. Says one Bible writer, “God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few” (Ecclesiastes 5:2).
Faced with such circumstances, we must trust that God knows the answers, even if we do not, and that we will not know until we can ask Him face to face in heaven. We can only believe that when all the accounts of life on this earth are settled—when we look back at this earth from the shores of heaven—we’ll be satisfied that “our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18).
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